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An airplane pilot fell to the ground after jumping from an aircraft without his parachute opening. He lands in a snowbank, creating a crater 2.1 m deep, but survived with only minor injuries. Assuming the pilot’s mass was 68 kg and his terminal velocity was 35 m/s (the velocity at the point he stopped accelerating on his way down), what is: a) the average force exerted on him by the snow in bringing him to rest? b) the work done by the snow?
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